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Discussing a problem with yourself is almost never a good way to secure a divergent viewpoint.

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Tonight you will be visited by three spirits, the ghosts of indictment past, present and future. They will teach you the true meaning of 'you are still a scumbag criminal.'

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Ack!" I said. Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me.

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Whatever you do, do it for love. If you keep to that, your path will never wander so far from the light that you can never return.

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When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching - they are your family.

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You need to know where to go,' Sanya said. 'Yes,' 'And you are going to consult four large pizzas for guidance.' 'Yes,' I said....'There is, I think, humour here which does not translate well from English into sanity.' 'That's pretty rich coming from the agnostic Knight of the Cross with a holy Sword who takes his orders from an archangel.' I said. - Harry Dresden & Sanya, Changes, Jim Butcher

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I love watching him think," Maeve told Lily. "You can almost hear that poor little hamster running and running on its wheel.

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Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, "You're a good man, Harry." I swallowed and bowed my head, made humble by the tone of her voice and the expression on her face, more than the words themselves. Not always rational," she said, smiling. "But you're the best kind of crazy.

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So in addition to a feisty new Black Court partner in the war dance between the Council and the Vampire Courts, I also got angry lust bunny movies stars, deadly curses, and a thoroughly embarrassing job as my investigative cover. Oh, and bean curd pizza, which is just wrong. What a mess. I made a mental note: The next time I saw Thomas, I was going to punch him right in the nose.

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I lunged, low and quick, and drove about a foot of cold steel into his danglies. Hey, I don't care what kind of fearie or mortal or hideous creature you are. If you've got danglies, and can loose them, that's the kind of sight that makes you reconsider the possible genitalia-related ramifications of your actions real damned quick.

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You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast.

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Love this job," Sanya murmured. "Just love it." "I need to challenge more people to duels," Thomas said in agreement. "Men are pigs," Murphy said. "Amen," said Molly. Lea gave me a prim look and said, "I've not sacrificed a holy virgin in ages.

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It was never too late to learn something. The past is unalterable in any event. The future is the only thing we can change. Learning the lessons of the past is the only way to shape the present and the future.

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Love is patient. Love is kind. Love always forgives, trusts, supports, and endures. Love never fails. When every star in the heavens grows cold, and when silence lies once more on the face of the deep, three things will endure: faith, hope, and love.

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Mister Dresden," he said. "And Miss Rodriguez, I believe. I didn't realize you were an art collector." "I am the foremost collector of velvet Elvii in the city of Chicago," I said at once. "Elvii?" Marcone inquired. "The plural could be Elvises, I guess," I said. "But if I say that too often, I start muttering to myself and calling things 'my precious,' so I usually go with the Latin plural.

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Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people. Every faith has its ceremonies. And since it's made up of people, every faith also has its assholes.

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All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one quoted old Billy Shakespeare. Not even once.

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Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.

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The distinction between good and evil is meaningless if one does not have the freedom to choose between them.

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Rest. Heal. Sleep. I shall most likely kill you on the morrow. You? A Princess Bride quote? I croaked. What is that? she asked.

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It was one of those moments that would have had dramatic music if my life were a movie, but instead I got a radio jingle for some kind of submarine sandwich place blaring over the store's ambient stereo. The movie of my life must be really low-budget.

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Many women have earned titles, Your Grace. It doesn't seem to have been a factor in whether or not they actually received them.

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Oh, I get it," I said. "You're Evil Harry, lurking inside Good Harry. Right? And you only come out at night?

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There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.

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Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.

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Troubleshooters?" Michael asked. "When there's trouble," I told him, "they shoot it.

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The impossible we do immediately. The unimaginable takes a little while.

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There's power in the night. There's terror in the darkness. Despite all our accumulated history, learning, and experience, we remember. We remember times when we were too small to reach the light switch on the wall, and when darkness itself was enough to make us cry out in fear....

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He had hard, steady eyes, and all the comforting, reassuring charm of a dental drill. - Harry Dresden describing Morgan

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He's Black Council," I said. "Or maybe stupid," Ebenezar countered. I thought about it. "Not sure which is scarier." Ebenezar blinked at me, then snorted. "Stupid, Hoss. Every time. Only so many blackhearted villains in the world, and they only get uppity on occasion. Stupid's everywhere, every day.

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